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LOT 1517
Luristan Bronze Dirk
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
14 1/2 in. (275 grams, 37 cm).
With a parallel-sided blade curving to a point, with a broad mid-rib, and a rectangular-section tang.
ProvenanceEx Abelita family collection, 1980s-2000s.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 17.25, for type.
FootnotesMacGregor dated such blades to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. Moorey, Gordon and Khorasani created a classification of bladed weapons, according to which daggers are edged weapons no greater than 36cm in length, dirks (short swords) are between 36cm and 50cm in length, and swords are edged weapons greater than 50cm in length.
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Opening Bid: £50
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North-West Persian Bronze Blade
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Long blade with a pronounced mid-rib, openwork tubular hilt, crescentic guard. 310 grams, 37.2 cm
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In these daggers, the hilts were cast in the lost wax process, while the blades were cast in a mould. The openwork was cast in the original wax, and after casting was inlaid with a cream-coloured stone, which survives in some examples.
